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Mick Dennehy

Followed Dave Arslanian. Mick Dennehy slid Utah State from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

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2000–2004 · 1 stint
Utah State
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerUTAH STATERegional Programthe building-block levelUtah State, 2000: 5-6, Regional Program IV2000Utah State, 2001: 4-7, Regional Program IV2001Utah State, 2002: 4-7, Regional Program IV2002Utah State, 2003: 3-9, Regional Program IV2003Utah State, 2004: 3-8, Regional Program IV2004-2.8One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Utah State, 5 seasons
−2.8
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Ron McBride.

Rivalry record
0–3
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
8–6
57.1% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
BYU0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Ron McBride0–3
3 meetings, 2000–2002
’00 L’01 L’02 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–8 0.0%
National Program
1–9 10.0%
Regional Program
13–14 48.1%

Coaching career

2000–2004
Utah Statecaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV
Mick Dennehy slid Utah State from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

16th-best Utah State tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Dave Arslanian (1998–1999) · succeeded by Brent Guy (2005–2008).

2 NFL Draft picks: Kevin Curtis (2003), Chris Cooley (2004)

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